Reflections from Crumbly Acres: elexicon energy

UPDATE: Many are without power since Thursday night, this is now Sunday. Some aren't expected to be back on grid until Dec. 3rd.

Muskoka, in Central Ontario, east of Georgian Bay, has had a dump of snow and power outages. The friends I left behind there are digging out. This missed us, somehow. I woke at midnight and checked. Nada.

Then, there are the power outages!

This was in Dec., 2009 in Bala, Muskoka!

Lake Effect Snow, it just keeps rolling over cottage country, picking up moisture from the warm Great Lakes.

This is a metre/yardstick! It was epic, and we called it Snomageddon, 2009. It was the year before we moved here to Lanark County.

Dec. 2007

Back to the present. My friends, Erica and Jennifer, tells me they had a foot of snow Friday, two more feet overnight, as well as a power outage. Small town Bala, with 2649 without power. Many have generators, as this is a common happening. They had a snow day, with everything cancelled or closed.

As I watched the hydro outages, they kept increasing!

This morning, it was even worse. When we lived in Muskoka we had a seamless generator. It was fabulous. It didn't run everything, but you choose certain things, like appliances. Many people have a fireplace or stove, as well. The numbers just keep rising.